Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


W. Roy REEVES

1.  Roy fought in World War I.

2.  Both of his arms were severly burned by mustard gas while serving in the service and received a Purple Heart due to his woulds.  

3.  Roy had a coupe with a rumble seat and one day while he and Holmes Guthrie Anderson, Jr. were going somewhere, a lady ran into it.  The lady was taking her daughter back to college, North Texas.

4.  [Source] Holmes Guthrie Anderson, Jr.

5.  He owned a race hourse and enjoyed taking it to the track.  [Sammie Strain Armstrong]


Fannie King STRAIN

1.  Fannie was a TWIN to a sister named Gladys that died as an infant.

2.  Fannie graduated from Trinity University which was located in Waxahatchie, Texas at that time.

3.  Strain H. Armstron has her diploma and her camera that many of the early pictures of the family were taken with.

4.  Fannie was a kindergarten teacher.


Bennie Permelia STRAIN

1.  Bennie was only about 2-1/2 years old when her daddy died and a little more than 12 when her mother passed away.  The family was held together by her older brothers William D. and Samuel D., Jr. until all could fare for themselves.  We have a receipt dated 14 Dec 1877, that shows where William D. paid for the expenses for Bennie and her brother, Aleck (Alexander) to attend the Mount Holly Academy.  On 26 Apr 1882, Bennie and Thomas J. Keith were married in the Mount Holly Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. E. M. Monroe, D. D. officiating.  We have a copy of their marriage license and their marriage certificate.  They took on the responsibility to raise Katie, one of the children of her deceased sister, Laura, and brother-in-law, Robert Tate Strain.  Katie was now around 8 years old.  As it turned out, Katie became a "big sister" to 13 brothers and sisters.  Katie is shown on the Family History page of the Keith Family Bible as the 14th child, but is labeled as "orphaned niece".  I'm sure she must have been a lot of help for Bennie.  We have a post card that is post marked McKamie, Arkansas.  It is dated August 26.  The year is unclear, but I'm pretty sure it is between 1908 and 1910 because it was with a collection of post cards that were all dated during that time frame.  (These cards were a part of collection kept by Aunt Allie)  This particular card is from Granddaddy Strain when he and someone else were visiting his sisters, Bennie, Cam and thier families.  At the time, I think he was probably staying with Bennie.  The card is addressed to Master Johnnie B. Strain, Frost, Texas.   "Hello Son, how are you, we are well.  Lou is coming back home with us.  Twenty four of us stayed at Aunt Cam's the other night, and the balance met on the creek to fish and hunt.  Your Father"  On the front of the card along the edge, he wrote, "Be at home on Monday morning".  The Lou he was referring to would have been Cam's oldest child and daughter.  Bennie died 26 Jan 1940.  Her niece, Aunt Allie (they called her "Little Allie" and her husband, Ross Smith, mother, and Granddaddy Strain attended the funeral.  Grandmother Strain would have been there, but she kept Arnold and me so mother could go.  We have some pictures taken while they were there for the funeral.  Some were taken around what we feel like was the old home place and one of Grandaddy Strain coming out of the Mount Holly Presbyterian Church.  Sidney L. Barker, Bennie's grandson who now lives in Tampa, Florida, said he remembers when granddaddy, Aunt Allie and Uncle Ross, and mother came.  He was Lizzie's son, and they lived only a couple of hundred yards from Bennie.     -Strain H. Armstrong-

Note:  Mark Smith is in possession of a rope bed that he believes was given to his mother and dad while they were in Mount Holly for Bennie's funeral.  It is believed that the bed had been stored in the old barn in the pictures mentioned above.


Jack Miller HAYNES

1.  "Our father owned a farm in the Jones Ranch Community in Navarro County, where the family grew up.  In 1910 or 1911 he sold the farm and moved to Frost, Navaroo, Texas.  He bought the property where Mitchell's Garage, the government apartments, and Jewel Jones home now stands.  The property consisted of three residences, a corn mill and a blacksmith shop, which our father operated.  One lot was used as a cotton yard.  In 1920 or 1921, our father's health was failing.  He thought a different climate might help.  The property was sold to E. J. Sheppard and Searcy Heflin.  That is when the Ford Motor Company was built on the corner lot.  Our parents moved to Palacious, Texas where Jack Miller Haynes died."
                                                            Minnie Belle Haynes Jones
                                                            Navarro County History, Vol II, pages 292 - 293


Josephine Mae DAVIS

1.  "Mother moved back to Frost (after her husband died) and bought a home.  She worked as a practical nurse, or live-in help.  She was a charter member of the Frost Baptist Church and a substitute teacher of a Sunday School Class".

                                                                                              Minnie Belle Haynes Jones
                                                                                              Navarro County History, Vol II, pages 292 - 293

2.  Another source gives date of death as 4 Oct 1954.


Eulah Maud HAYNES

1.  1900 Census, Frost, Navarro, Texas.


Luther George HAYNES

1.  Luther enlisted 4 Jan 1917 at Corsicana, Texas, and was listed as 5' 5" tall, Brown Eyes, Dark Hair, Ruddy Complexion, and served until 24 Jun 1919 in World War I, at Camp Bowie, Texas.

2.  He was a Blacksmith by trade.


Wade Hampton SMITH

1.  "Wade Smith was a "Jack-of-all-trades" around Frost.  At one time or another, he owned a feedstore, a grocery store, a restaurant, and a poolhall.  He was even the City Marshall of Frost from about 1900 to 1910.  We have a picture of him and Nathan Hollingsworth standing beside a Civil War canon located on the steps of the south entrance to the Texas Capitol Building".
                                                                     By:  Strain H. Armstrong

2.  "I lived with Wade Smith and his wife Allie Mae for about a year and a half when I first started teaching at Jones' Ranch in 1932".
                                                                     By:  Arnold A. Armstrong, Sr.

3.  Wade Smith was listed as one of the injured in the tornado...."Wade Smith 62, right shoulder fractured, improved".

                                                                     Corsidana Semi-Weekly Light, May 9, 1930

4.  Source for family:  Navarro County History, Vol 2, 308, and personal interview with my partents Mr. and Mrs. Arnold A. Armstrong, Sr.


Allie Mae HIGHTOWER

1.  Social Security No.  450-80-1487   (1963)


Lillie Antoinette SMITH

1.  Social Security No. issued in Texa in 1963:   450-80-1487.

2.  Last residence:  Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas - 75165.


Agnes Bob STRAIN

1.  Agnes and her sister Ada were sent to live with William D. Strain and his wife Bettie Davis Strain after their mother died......

2.  Source:  Letters from Robert Tate Strain to Will & Bettie.